I came across a nice article featuring kaleidoscopes in New Zealand.

Kerikeri couple Andrew and Robyn Leary have been in the business for 27 years and sold more than 200,000 kaleidoscopes.
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Mrs Leary, an industrial chemist and leadlight artist at the time, asked her husband, a joiner, to make her a kaleidoscope. The end result led to commissions from friends followed by the establishment of their own business, Scopes New Zealand.

 

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